Essentials

Essentials List for Full Time Truck Camping

Rack on top of the cab: This is the place for the gas cans, the shovel, a window scraper and garbage on the way to town.

Bedding: An old carpet remnant. I also put blue jeans under the carpet for ironing and extra padding. I love sleeping on a hard surface. A sleeping bag. A winter coat wrapped around sweaters for the pillow.

2 Scepter 5 gal Water Cans with hoses, shut off valves and a hose bandit.

Safety items : A fire extinguisher , a Slime Flat Tire Repair System (this is a mistake. I will never actually repair a tire. At most inflate it. I can get a portable compressor.), a heavy-duty 16′ 6 gauge booster cable ( and instructions on how to jump someone else’s car. I can never remember the sequence .), a 20′ Ft Heavy Duty 10,000 Lb Tow Strap, two 4 gallon gas cans (gave them up, they were too unwieldy and went with 2 2 gal.), a weather alert radio, whistle, a Cobra JumPack jump starter (a wonderful item to charge phone or whatever small electronic devices), a 900 lumen LED flashlight for protection (that was too damn big, to awkward to handle. Have to get something shorter. Never had a use for it in 12 months.), and a GOAL ZERO YETI 400 portable power station.

Construction of bed and shelves.

I have milk crates, 5 gallon pickle buckets (too big. Got rid of them the second month.), clothes, books, sleeping bags, cooking equipment, solar shower bag and a folding table. The milk crates are good for books, but terrible for food as mice invade.